Dr. Harish Ranot
Assistant professor
- Room No: 013, SMMME
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- hrano@iitbbs.ac.in
- School of Minerals, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Dr. Harish Ranot joined the School of Minerals, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (SMMME) at IIT Bhubaneswar as an Assistant Professor in 2026. He obtained his B.Tech. degree in Metallurgical Engineering from IIT (BHU), Varanasi and subsequently earned his M.Tech. and Ph.D. degrees from IIT Kanpur. His doctoral research focused on the liquid phase sintering (LPS) of molybdenum using transition metal additives, leading to the development of low-temperature processing routes for refractory alloys through an integrated computational–experimental approach.
Prior to joining IIT Bhubaneswar, Dr. Ranot did his postdoctoral research as a FARE (Fellowship for Academic and Research Excellence) Fellow in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at IIT Kanpur, where he focused on developing the computational–experimental framework for manufacturing cost-effective multicomponent refractory alloys. He also briefly served as Manager (R&D) at Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited (MIDHANI), Hyderabad, gaining exposure to industrial research and development activities related to advanced materials.
Dr. Ranot’s research interests include powder metallurgy, advanced sintering science (liquid phase sintering and nano phase separation sintering), alloy design, computational thermodynamics (CALPHAD), refractory metals and alloys, multicomponent alloy development, and processing–microstructure–property correlations. His current research focuses on developing next-generation sintering pathways for refractory alloys through the integration of computational thermodynamics, powder processing, advanced characterization, and mechanical property evaluation.
For a complete and updated list of publications, please visit:
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- Harish Ranot, Anish Upadhyaya, “Liquid Phase Sintering of Molybdenum Alloys with Ni-Cu Binders”, International conference on refractory metals and hard materials (21st Plansee Seminar 2025), 2025, Reutte, Austria.
- Harish Ranot, Anish Upadhyaya, “Effects of sintering time and binder composition on microstructural evolution and densification of 90Mo-10(Ni-Cu) alloy.”, International Conference on Powder Metallurgy in Asia (APMA 2019), 2019, Pune, India.
- Harish Ranot, Anish Upadhyaya, “Effect of Binder Composition and Sintering Temperature on Microstructure Evolution and Densification in Mo-Ni-Cu System.”, NMD ATM 2019, 2019, Kovalam, India.
- Harish Ranot, Anish Upadhyaya, “Optimizing Ni-Fe-Cu Ternary Binder Composition for Enhanced Mechanical Properties in Liquid Phase Sintered Molybdenum Alloy”, International Conference on Processing and Characterization of Materials (ICPCM) 2024, 2024, Rourkela, India.
| Degree | Discipline | Year | School |
| Ph.D. | Materials Science and Engineering | 2025 | Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur |
| M.Tech | Materials Science and Engineering | 2025 | Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur |
| B.Tech | Metallurgical Engineering | 2015 | Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi |
Assistant Professor
School of Minerals, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (SMMME), IIT Bhubaneswar (May 2026 – Present)
Manager (R&D)
Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited (MIDHANI), Hyderabad (Mar 2026 – Apr 2026)
FARE Fellow (Postdoctoral Researcher)
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, IIT Kanpur (Aug 2025 – Mar 2026)
- FARE (Fellowship for Academic and Research Excellence) Fellowship at IIT Kanpur in 2025.
- Best oral presentation award, on the theme of “Physical Metallurgy” at the 6th International Conference on Processing and Characterization of Materials (ICPCM 2024).